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The first-legs of the Europa League quarter-finals, for example, are little more than one week after the final and third/fourth play-off to be staged at the 60,000-capacity Guangxi Sports Centre.

And the tournament is due to get underway just two days after Arsenal are scheduled to take on Leicester in the Premier League. That is also the weekend which will see the FA Cup quarter-finals take place.

There are sure to be huge questions marks over clubs releasing players for such an arduous and demanding trip at such a key stage of the domestic and European campaigns.

Aaron Ramsey has been in good form for Arsenal this season. (Image: Dan Mullan/Getty Images)

Wenger will be very reluctant to let Aaron Ramsey go - given the problems the midfielder has suffered with muscle injuries over the years.

Wales manager Chris Coleman said of the invite last week: “I think it’s very positive. It’s good for us to be involved in something like that. We would never asked to be involved in something like that three or four years ago, but now we’re being asked to go to a mini-tournament against some really good teams.